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Retreats

Short Retreat
Fri Mar 28 - Sun Mar 30, 2025

Pascal Auclair

UBC Asian Centre, Vancouver BC

Registration opens: Dec 28 2024

Messy Minds, Winding Path, Joyful Hearts

With an open attitude, both playful and compassionate, we will journey over the weekend into the heart of our turbulent, confused minds. Our own benevolent presence will silently guide us, pointing out dangers and pathways. Pascal, through instructions and teachings, will also help us skillfully navigate the terrain of our lives. The adventure will bring us to the very gate of wisdom, where liberating perspectives await us.

Pascal Auclair
Long Retreat
Sat Apr 26 - Sat May 3, 2025

James Lowe and Jeanne Corrigal

Sea to Sky Retreat Centre, Whistler, BC

Registration opens: Jan 2 2025

Financial assistance deadline: Dec 19 2024

The Brahma Viharas in the coastal mountains of BC

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James Lowe
Jeanne Corrigal
Jeanne Corrigal
Long Retreat
Fri May 16 - Fri May 30, 2025

Experienced Student Retreat with Tempel Smith, Kristina Baré, and Tara Mulay

Bethlehem Retreat Centre, Nanaimo BC

Registration opens: Jan 17 2025

Financial assistance deadline: Jan 3 2025

Two Wings of Awakening: Mettā and Insight Retreat *See event page for experience prerequisites.

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Tempel Smith
Kristina Baré
Kristina Baré
Tara Mulay
Tara Mulay
Short Retreat
Fri Jun 6 - Sun Jun 8, 2025

Anushka Fernandopulle

UBC Asian Centre, Vancouver BC

Registration opens: Mar 6 2025

Buddha’s Teachings on Anatta: Exploring the Idea of "Self" with Wisdom and Love

Anushka Fernandopulle
Long Retreat
Thurs Jun 12 - Mon Jun 16, 2025

LGBTQIA2S+ Retreat with Anushka Fernandopulle and Shelly Graf

Bethlehem Retreat Centre, Nanaimo BC

Registration opens: Mar 12 2025

Financial assistance deadline: Jan 29 2025

This retreat welcomes meditators who identify as LGBTQIA2S+. The retreat will be held in noble silence from the first evening until the last day, including a requirement to turn off and put away all electronic devices.

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Anushka Fernandopulle
Shelly Graf
Shelly Graf
Long Retreat
Tues Jul 22 - Tues Jul 29, 2025

Rachel Lewis and DaRa Williams

Bethlehem Retreat Centre, Nanaimo BC

Registration opens: Apr 22, 2025

Financial assistance deadline: Apr 8, 2025

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Rachel Lewis
DaRa Williams
DaRa Williams
Long Retreat
Fri Aug 29 - Mon Sep 1, 2025

New Student Retreat

Sea to Sky Retreat Centre, Whistler, BC

Registration opens: Apr 29, 2025

Financial assistance deadline: Apr 15, 2025

James Lowe

WELCOME to BCIMS

Indigenous Land Acknowledgment

BCIMS is based in what is now known as Vancouver, BC. With heartfelt gratitude we acknowledge that we come to you from the beautiful, traditional, and unceded lands of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, who live on and have stewarded this land for thousands of years.  

 

BCIMS, as a settler-led organization, recognizes the ongoing benefits of the theft of this land and its resources to all settlers. BCIMS is committed to continuous learning about genocide, the history of colonization, and their ongoing impacts on Indigenous communities. May our practices today centre this reality as a call to action to support Indigenous peoples’ sovereignty and liberation more fully beyond the practice of this land acknowledgement, and move us towards non-harming, restitution, healing, and reconciliation.   

Asian Heritage Acknowledgement

We would like to name and honour the lineage of the ancient teachings offered by BCIMS, and we offer our deep gratitude to the rich lineage of Theravadan Buddhist teachers whose wisdom continues to support our practice. These teachings originated in Asia with the Buddha’s teachings, specifically in Burma, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and India. 

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